Motto for Today: ‘You cannot open a book without a wish to learn something.’
As Everyday makes a new beginning in life, it brings new opportunities, opens new avenues, to perform and make a mark, to write a Page in History Book!
This is Your Day-TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History!
On this day, Mar.08…. HAPPY WOMENS’ DAY!
1775 – Joseph Priestley, having discovered oxygen on 1 Aug 1774, experimented with mice in his home laboratory on whether it is necessary to support life.
1910 – Elise Deroche (Baroness de Laroche) became the first woman to be issued a pilot’s license by the Aero Club de France. She had made her first solo flight in 1909.
1911 – 1st International Woman’s Day. (International Woman’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Great unrest and critical debate was occurring amongst women. Women’s oppression and inequality was spurring women to become more vocal and active in campaigning for change. Then in 1908, 15,000 women marched through New York City demanding shorter hours, better pay and voting rights).
1930 – Mahatma Gandhi starts civil disobedience in India.
1946 – First U.S. commercial helicopter license was issued to the New York Journal-American newspaper. The helicopter, Bell 47B was used for news gathering and delivering photographs.
1965 – As part of U.S. combat forces, 3,500 Marines arrive in Vietnam. (Direct U.S. military involvement ended on 15 August 1973. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war, and North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year).
1971 – In the Fight of the Century, Joe Frazier triumphs over Muhammad Ali.
1976 – The largest recovered single stony meteorite (1,774 kg) fell in Jilin, China, during a meteor shower that dropped more than 4,000 kg of extra-terrestrial rock. 1979 The compact disc is presented to the public.
1979 – Compact Disc (CD) presented to the public.
2013 – North Korea terminates all peace pacts with South Korea.
Born….
1921 – Sahir Ludhiyanvi, famous film lyricist. Sahir Ludhianvi is the pen name of Abdul Hayee who is popularly known as Sahir. Sahir was a poet and film lyricist who wrote in the Hindi and Urdu languages. His work influenced Indian cinema. (He had an unfulfilled love relationship with Amrita Pritam).
(Credit- Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images)1967 – Shankar Mahadevan, singer.
1975 – Fardeen Khan, actor.
RIP….
1995 – Dr. Duranand Kanhan Pillai, great litterateur of Malyali language.
You may have known….
The world record for flying a paper plane is 226 feet.
{Compiled by Lt. Gen. (R) Raj Kadyan}
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